Canadian Society for Training & Development

Government Managers Lacking Skills to Invoke Necessary Change

Improving leadership skills in government agencies, depends on equipping managers with the performance-enhancing tools their private-sector peers are using in a post-911 environment of rapid corporate make-over, as a new Forum Corp. survey reveals 65 per cent of respondents doubt their own ability to initiate change. Learn more.

Language Demands Fuel Surge in Chinese English Instruction

English language and corporate training are booming industries in China as the country evolves into a global business leader. Explosive demand is leading to multiple training centres for established schools and a dramatic increase in disreputable facilities as operators eye big profits. Learn more.

“Bodacious Woman” Mantra Finds Online Voice

An ambitious new website, the Bodacious Women’s Club, from former AOL corporate trainer Mary Foley, inspires women to “be all they can” while forging continued success in business. “Stop Stress Now!,” leads a roster of tele-seminars and interviews designed to attract 10,000 new members. Learn more.

Auto Dealer Employees Receive In-house Virtual Classroom Training

Elluminate, Live!, an enterprise-class e-learning solution that mimics live classroom interactivity, will deliver industry-based management courses to thousands of automobile dealerships, saving employers the costs associated with employee travel and loss of production for off-site training. Learn more.

Sagging Confidence Cause For Concern: Leadership Pulse Study

Energy and confidence levels of business leaders is waning in 2005, according to the latest “reading” taken by the Leadership Pulse research study. Executives depending on key employees’ support cite their retention as a concern that could affect corporate ability to change as needed. Learn more.

Asian Nonprofit Gets Financial Boost for Training Immigrants

An organization associated with the Asian American Civic Association (AACA) will spend a $25,000 grant from the Department of Labor on employment and training needs of new immigrants. Office skills, English language training and job-placement assistance are priorities for the budget assistance. Learn more.

Behavioural Self-assessment Improves Working Relations

Career counsellors advise that irritating behaviour we exhibit but may be unaware of can sometimes lead to job loss and list, in this article, 10 nuisance habits we should examine and change to improve relations with coworkers and bosses. Learn more.

Association Membership Leads to Career Enhancement

Professionals wanting to stay on top of their industry developments are advised to join and work for their various professional associations, advises a Detroit area coaching expert. In particular, working on program and membership committees leads to the best networking opportunities with industry decision-makers. Learn more.

Employees Hand-held to Job Satisfaction

Soaring turnover rates were solved by one Indian call centre firm by hiring a success coach to aid employees in dealing with everyday stresses. Coaches mentor and counsel staff to solve problems that are not necessarily job-related but lead to attrition as unhappy employees believe a change of employer is the answer. Learn more.

Storytelling Enhances E-learning Experience

E-learning solutions provider Tata Interactive Systems has built storytelling into Web-based learning as an encouragement to learners to explore alternative possibilities. The method works well in teaching material that is otherwise thought to be comprehensively difficult, boring or intangible. Learn more.